* Default subscribed newsgroups as regular expression
@ 2000-05-10 20:03 Raymond Scholz
2000-08-12 19:46 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: Raymond Scholz @ 2000-05-10 20:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi!
Is there a reason why `gnus-default-subscribed-newsgroups' is a list
and not a regular expression, which IMO would be more convenient in
most cases?
Example: if the variable is set in a site-wide default setting the
administor has to keep up with frequently changes of the available
local newsgroups. Quite annoying, I think. As a regular expression,
the setting "local\." would suffice (until the end of the world as we
know it).
Cheers,
Ray
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* Re: Default subscribed newsgroups as regular expression
2000-05-10 20:03 Default subscribed newsgroups as regular expression Raymond Scholz
@ 2000-08-12 19:46 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2000-08-13 10:14 ` Raymond Scholz
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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 2000-08-12 19:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
Raymond Scholz <rscholz@tzi.de> writes:
> Is there a reason why `gnus-default-subscribed-newsgroups' is a list
> and not a regular expression, which IMO would be more convenient in
> most cases?
>
> Example: if the variable is set in a site-wide default setting the
> administor has to keep up with frequently changes of the available
> local newsgroups. Quite annoying, I think. As a regular expression,
> the setting "local\." would suffice (until the end of the world as we
> know it).
I guess that would make change, but it's problematic changing a string
variable into a regexp variable. For instance, "no.general" (which is
the general Norwegian newsgroup) would, interpreted as a regexp, match
"alt.really.nasty.porno.general". And some group names aren't valid
regexps, and so on.
An introducing a new variable for this seems kinda like overkill, no?
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larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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* Re: Default subscribed newsgroups as regular expression
2000-08-12 19:46 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@ 2000-08-13 10:14 ` Raymond Scholz
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From: Raymond Scholz @ 2000-08-13 10:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> I guess that would make change, but it's problematic changing a
> string variable into a regexp variable. For instance, "no.general"
> (which is the general Norwegian newsgroup) would, interpreted as a
> regexp, match "alt.really.nasty.porno.general".
Uh, oh... For backward compatibility we can't change the old variable
into a regexp, yes I see.
> And some group names aren't valid regexps, and so on.
Sure? I thought group names are built like
[a-z][a-z0-9]+(\.[a-z0-9]+)+ or something like that (could not find
the appropriate RFC) which should always give a valid regexp.
> An introducing a new variable for this seems kinda like overkill, no?
Since I'm not going to code this (no lisp, no fun), you're probably
right. Meanwhile I discovered `gnus-group-apropos', which can be
helpful.
Cheers,
Ray
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